New Music From Overcoats – Digital Servicing Only
Overcoats, who ranked #3 in last year’s NPR Listeners Poll of favorite new artists, is a duo of former college roommates Hana Elion and JJ Mitchell. The two were drawn to each other when they first met as teenagers in 2011, finding connection in a love of diverse musical styles and forging a closeness that verges on sisterhood. Both […]
The Stranger Lauds Mount Eerie’s “Devastating” New LP
Seattle’s famed alt-weekly, The Stranger, is yet another publication that has been stunned by Mount Eerie‘s newest album A Crow Looked At Me. Contending that the album articulates “the most exquisite desolation you’ve ever heard,” the review places Phil Elverum’s work into the context of bereavement pieces by Virginia Wolfe, Joan Didion, Lou Reed, and […]
New Music From Lost in Stars
Dylan Willoughby is the Los Angeles-based producer behind Lost in Stars. On his debut, self-titled LP, he mines the depths of experimental electronic music, house, UK dubstep, grime and synth-pop. A classically-trained pianist, Willoughby was born in London and spent most of his summers there as a child; this environment heavily influenced his love of […]
NPR Calls darkDARK’s “Restless” “One of 2017’s First Great Songs”
Earlier this year, NPR premiered “Restless” by darkDARK. According to All Songs Considered, “‘Restless’ is one of 2017’s first great songs: a dreamy, sweetly throbbing electro-pop jam with a warmly soaring, heartfelt vocal at its core.” The song is the centerpiece of the group’s new EP Heathered, a five-song EP of nighttime beats and analog […]
New Music From My Goodness – Digital Servicing Only
We’re excited to be sending you “Scavengers,” the new single and title track to the forthcoming album from My Goodness. Scavengers, the second LP from the Seattle band, continues the sonic evolution that they first teased on last year’s Islands EP. Formed by Joel Schneider and Andy Lum after a chance encounter at SXSW, My Goodness has made […]
French Vanilla Streams on Impose
Impose has a full-album stream of French Vanilla‘s self-titled debut. “The group is so stylistically different,” contends the webzine, “that it’s almost a given that listeners will be gleefully taken aback in the first few moments of the record.” In addition to featuring every moment of this “nine-track monster,” the Impose feature also includes some […]
Dude York Plays KEXP’s Audioasis
Dude York is on a roll. Their new album, Sincerely, spent time in the Top Five at NACC, and they’ve just wrapped up a successful North American tour that included a wild spree of SXSW dates. But while they may refer to themselves as “America’s Band,” the trio still calls Seattle home. They recently appeared […]
Devendra Banhart Chats With The Telegram
Devendra Banhart just finished a stint of US tourdates in support of his exemplary 2016 album Ape In Pink Marble, a jaunt that earned him rave reviews and positive coverage around the country. Worchester, Massachucetts paper The Telegram did a profile on the prolific artist and musician, with an interview that covered topics stretching back […]
New Music From GRMLN
GRMLN is the musical project of Yoodoo Park, a 24-year-old guitarist and producer from Kyoto, Japan who spent several of his formative years studying and performing in California. His earliest recordings got the attention of Carpark Records, which released 2012’s Explore EP, 2013’s Empire LP, and 2014’s Soon Away LP. Park’s sound has evolved steadily […]
Pop Dust Puts San Fermin On List of Musical “Greats”
San Fermin’s new album, Belong, is proof that the band is “among the greats,” writes Pop Dust. “No matter what kind of sounds they’re experimenting with, the richness of the music comes through; this lushness is what’s given the band their name.” The review praises the “powerful bellow of John Brandon‘s oft-ethereal trumpet parts” and […]
The List Praises The Diversity of Yorkston/Thorne/Khan
The “rich diversity” on Yorkston/Thorne/Khan‘s new album Neuk Wight Delhi All Stars “sounds neither forced nor fake,” writes The List in a recent review. The album quickly follows the band’s 2016 debut, because, as The List explains, “when you hit upon an idea as good as this one, why not keep at it until you […]
darkDARK Goes For Adds
Heathered, the first release from production duo darkDARK, is a five-song EP of vibrant, punchy beats and luminous analogue synths that channel a futuristic pop sensibility while lightly alluding to 70s cinema and 80s synth-pop. “We wanted Heathered to take you in different directions emotionally,” bandmembers Genevieve Vincent and Chris James told Consequence of Sound. […]
Ghost Against Ghost Goes For Adds
Ghost Against Ghost, the conceptual rock project of producer/composer Christopher Bono, creates epic and progressive music that draws influence from experimental, contemporary, and traditional classical music. The project began in 2008, after the composer envisioned an as-yet unfinished concept album in a dream. After the dream, Bono delved into musical study, spending seven years in […]
Coast Modern Goes For Adds
Coast Modern is what happens when you let go of what you always thought you wanted and embrace the unexpected; when you stop chasing and start taking the lead. Luke Atlas and Coleman Trapp have developed an aesthetic that combines their admiration for the spirit of misfit alternative bands and the fearless ethos of modern hip-hop. Their tunes […]
Kan Wakan Goes For Adds
Kan Wakan is Gueorgui Linev—the producer, composer, synthesizer scientist, film score fanatic, and multi-instrumentalist whose highly-acclaimed full-length debut Moving On dissolved the genre-breaking electronica of Massive Attack, Air, and Zero 7 into a bottomless sea of 20th century minimalism, psychedelic soul, and ambient atmosphere. It’s been three years since the release of Moving On, and […]
The Fader Shares Steady Holiday’s “Terror” Video
Steady Holiday‘s newest video, for the title track of new EP Terror, has premiered via The Fader. The song is described by the site as “a spooky, orchestral pop track that bubbles with tension like a psychological thriller under lead singer Dre Babinski‘s gentle voice,” and the beautifully creepy clip for the track acts as “a […]
Graphic Designer Outlines Joseph & The Beasts Process
If your station has been playing Joseph & The Beasts‘ Gold Light LP, then some of your DJs have probably gotten lost in its ornate and gorgeous album artwork. Designer David William (D. Billy) did the album’s layout, using a kaleidoscopic duplication of artwork created by the band’s dear friend Patience Wyman, and he’s outlined the process […]
New Music From Record Store Day
Record Store Day’s 10 Year Anniversary is Saturday, April 22nd, 2017 Record Store Day was conceived in 2007 at a gathering of independent record store owners and employees as a way to celebrate and spread the word about the unique culture surrounding nearly 1000 independently owned record stores in the US and thousands of similar […]
New Music From darkDARK
Heathered, the first release from production duo darkDARK, is a five-song EP of vibrant, punchy beats and luminous analogue synths that channel a futuristic pop sensibility while lightly alluding to 70s cinema and 80s synth-pop. “We wanted Heathered to take you in different directions emotionally,” bandmembers Genevieve Vincent and Chris James told Consequence of Sound. […]
NPR Streams San Fermin’s Belong
NPR streamed San Fermin‘s new album Belong last week in advance of its release. In a First Listen feature, reviewer Stephen Thompson wrote, “Particularly in the album’s busy opening half, listening to Belong is like opening a fire hydrant that sprays big, bold sounds and ideas… [bandleader Ellis] Ludwig-Leone was classically trained, and Belong reflects his […]
